Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 2/3] glep-0074: Specify supported hash algorithms

[Michał Górny]

On Mon, 2022-09-12 at 10:28 +0200, Florian Schmaus wrote:
> On 11/09/2022 15.14, Michał Górny wrote:
> > +.. table:: Table 1. Defined hash algorithms
> > +   :widths: auto
> > +   :class: table table-bordered table-striped
> > +
> > +   =============== ======================= ==== ==== ===========
> > +   Name            Specification           Bits Enc. Notes
> > +   =============== ======================= ==== ==== ===========
> > +   ``BLAKE2B``     RFC 7693 [#RFC7693]_    512  Hex  Recommended
> > +   ``BLAKE2S``     ditto                   256  Hex
> > +   ``MD5``         RFC 1321 [#RFC1321]_    128  Hex  Deprecated
> > +   ``RMD160``      RIPEMD-160 [#RMD160]_   160  Hex  Deprecated
> > +   ``SHA1``        FIPS 180-4 [#SHS]_      160  Hex  Deprecated
> > +   ``SHA256``      ditto                   256  Hex
> > +   ``SHA512``      ditto                   512  Hex  Recommended
> > +   ``SHA3_256``    FIPS 202 [#SHA3]_       256  Hex
> > +   ``SHA3_512``    ditto                   512  Hex
> > +   ``STREEBOG256`` RFC 6986 [#RFC6986]_    256  Hex
> > +   ``STREEBOG512`` ditto                   512  Hex
> > +   ``WHIRLPOOL``   Whirlpool [#WHIRLPOOL]_ 512  Hex
> > +   =============== ======================= ==== ==== ===========
>
> Personally, I would slightly prefer repeating the source specification,
> instead of using "ditto".
>

Unfortunately, that would mean each of them would have 2-3
backreferences in the 'References' section.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny